Achilles rupture…my unfortunate story

How did it go with your VACOcast? Comfortable? able to walk ok?

Dude, that is good news. You know you will have surgery and you know from being on this site what to expect. Most importantly, attitude is everything. You are a competitor, still on the court. And you will return.
Those words on your MRI. No biggy. They apply to most of us. Compelling medical research out there that states flat out that almost all tears occur in a degenerative tendon. And you are now among a large and growing group of degenerates.
Honestly, I was at my worst just two days before surgery. But I climbed out of it quickly and 2 days postop I was reveling in how I would use this sidetrack to work on other things. There is hope (darn, that is almost a cliche now
I am telling you to embrace this time and learn more about what your body can say to you and how wonderful it is that it will heal.
Thanks to Dennis for providing this forum where we can all hang out and support each other.

The good news is, now you know. The bad news is, now you know. Sorry to hear you have to have surgery guessing how active you are, this will definitely be a challenge. You, your family and all medical staff involved will be in our prayers. Tam & Fam

Keep positive, it takes time but you will learn to adapt to your situation quicker than you thought possible.

When you get home, remember, most important…. rest and elevate ….

Good luck on Friday
Annie

Good Luck, and I hope you have a “speedy” recovery.

I feel for you! Waiting sucks. I had to wait 2 days for surgery, and the whole time I kept thinking of those days as lost time. 2 days of being disabled, gone down the drain with atrophy as your only benefit! I hope the best for you and that you can get that thing sliced open ASAP and start moving forward in your recovery instead of backwards! Don’t give up and go to a different hospital if you need to.

God Bless you dear, if you are not sure of doctors results you can always get a recheck for the same.

I’m obviously too long-winded. On the main page, my posts end up with “…” at the end.

Hi,

Swelling happens, so don’t be too worried about that. I’m a big fan of compression to keep swelling down, because you can do a lot more with compression tubes or socks or a wrap on your leg than you can with your leg in the air. I also like to use a little homemade pillow under the compression, to squeeze the swelling out of those little hollows between the tendon and the ankle bones. For me, everything just feels much better down there when the swelling is squeezed out.

Bruising often shows up a couple of days later, and gravity pulls it downward, just like it pulls the swelling downward. For what it’s worth, what you’re describing doesn’t sound alarming to me.

If you want something fancier, there are these boots you can get that are attached by a hose to a little cooler. You fill the cooler with ice and water, put on the boot, and then hold the cooler above the boot so the ice water runs into the boot. It ices and compresses at the same time. Feels good, too. I had one for a sprained ankle once, and it was great.

I had my surgery five days after my injury, and things are going fine. It’s nice to have a sh

True…I thought that was odd too. But I’m not going to try and talk him into a surgery he doesn’t want to do. So I let it go..

The achilles isn’t below the ankle. That is a strange comment from a doctor.